Change WAN MAC Address possible?

[#1]

Hello All, I have a 50B model for home, and would like to change my MAC address for the WAN1 port. The reason is that my ISP fixes the IP with the MAC, and I thought it would be more " secure" to change the IP periodically... (And with my ISP settings, I would need any other MAC to do that... [:' (]) Can my 50B do that? Thanks

[hidayet]

Hi aNewbie, I think we can change

[abelio]

The reason is that my ISP fixes the IP with the MAC, and I thought it would be more " secure" to change the IP periodically...

so, do you resign a fix IP number for ' security' considerations? Humm.. it' s strange approach; if you would talk about just a pc exposed to the Net, maybe.. but you' ve a firewall (a good one) to take care about your network security without give up a valuable fix public ip number anyway, if you want modify MAC address for an interface, use CLI command: i.e. for wan1

 config system interfase
   edit wan1
       set macaddr <mac_address>
   next
 end
 

good luck

[#4]

Thanks abelio , I know I have a very good firewall, but just in-case, taking a step further as precautions...

[emnoc]

Hmm.... the mac_addr change after the 1st next-hop. How are you gaining more security? Sounds like a waste of time if you ask me.

[ede_pfau]

Sounds more like someone is trying to circumvent provider data logging...not security but anonymity. Anyway, you' ll have to give your credentials on sign-up which usually lead to an IP address assignment anyway. Which enables IP tracking. With a public provider MAC-IP binding is at least uncommon if not unfeasable. Shed some light if you please on your real reasons. - w-b